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Mon 04 Apr 2009Swine flu case confirmed in Spain
Spain became the first country in Europe to confirm a case of swine flu today when a man who returned from a trip to Mexico last week was found to have the virus.
The unnamed man returned to Spain on April 22nd and was put under observation on April 25th with chest problems, health minister Trinidad Jimenez told a news conference this morning. About 20 other patients are under observation, officials said.
Governments around the world have moved to contain the spread of a possible flu pandemic today, as the virus spread to the United States and possibly as far as New Zealand.
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